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58% -- share of ai users producing new output for AI users (2026)

2026  · Microsoft

58% of AI users report producing output that would not have been possible the previous year.

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https://www.flexsin.com/blog/your-margins-are-under-pressure-agentic-ai-in-retail-offers-a-smarter-r… ↗
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Your Margins Are Under Pressure – Agentic AI in Retail Offers a Smarter Response
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AI users: 58% share of ai users producing new output. Source: Microsoft (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-users-new-output-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-users-new-output-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>58%</strong> -- share of ai users producing new output for AI users<br><small>Source: Microsoft (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-users-new-output-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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